Adjustable fly-screen and shade.



Patented Oct. 29, 1912.

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A ADJUSTABLE FLY SCREEN AND SHADE APPLICATION FILED JAN. 27, 1912.1942,4910

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ADJUSTABLE FLY SCREEN AND SHADE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.27, 1912.

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ADJUSTABLE FLY-SCREEN AND SHADE.

Specification of Iietters Patent.

Patented Oct. 29, 1912.

Application filed January 27,1912; Serial No. 673,763.

' had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements inscreens and shades, and the invention has for its primary object animproved construction of a fly screen and shade which may be easilymounted in a window frame, the screen being extended automatically asthe window is raised and automatically rolled up as the window islowered, whereby the space between the lower edge of the window and thewindow sill will be at all times properly shaded and protected from theentrance of flies, mosquitoes or similar insects.

The invention has for a further object a screen and shade of thischaracter which is laterally adjustable so that it may fit windows ofdifferent widths, the parts being so :onstructed and arranged that theycan be cheaply manufactured and readily assembled and easily adjusted.And the invention further aims to generally improve this class ofdevices and to render them more useful and commercially desirable.

l/Vith these and other objects in view as will more fully appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions,arrangements and combinations of parts that I shall hereinafter morefully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to thefollowing description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aface view of a portion of a window equipped with my improved fly screenand shade. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view through theautomatically winding roller of the device. F igs. 3 and 4: are views ofthe roller gudgeons to which the winding spring is attached at its ends.Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the casing which is designed toreceive the roller and the wound up port-ion of the shade and screen soas to protect the working parts. Fig. .6 is a longitudinal sectionalview of the roller and a portion of the casing or receivertherefor,parts being shown broken away and other parts in side eleva tion. Fig. 7is a detail view of the holding device for the elatively free end of thescreen or shade. Fig. 8 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional viewthereof. Fig. 9 is a transverse sectional View on line 99 of Fig. 7.Fig. 10 is a detail perspective View of one of the gudgeon holdingplates, and

Fig. 11 is a transverse sectional view on line 11-11 of Fig. 7.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and designated in the accompanying drawings by likereference characters.

In carrying out my invention, a casing 1 is mounted in the window frame,being secured to the lower end thereof by brackets 42 or the like, saidcasing being constructed of telescopic substantially cylindricalsections split at one side to form a slot 2 extending transversely ofthe window frame. The edges in the split portion of the" outermostsection of this telescopic tubular casing 1 are turned inwardly as bestillustrated in Fig. 5 and as indicated at 40' to engage thecorresponding edges of the other sec: tion, whereby the two sectionswill be at all times, held in proper relation to each other as regardsthe slot 2, so that they may be easily adjusted before being securedpermanently in place. Mounted within the casing 1 is a spring rollerwhich is constructed in sections designated 3 and 1, respectively,telescopically mounted in rela tion to each other. The section 4: istubular as best illustrated in Fig. 6 and receives the reduced tubularstem 5 of the section 3, the stem 5 being formed with a longitudinal rib25 which works within a corresponding groove' formed in the section 4,so that the two parts or sections of the roller will be at all times,held from turning one relative to the other. The roller spring 14 ismounted within these two sections 3 and 4 and extends entirelytherethrough as shown, the

ends of said spring being respectively connected to gudgeons designated43 and 41, said gudgeons being mounted in the usual manner to shaderoller udgeons in plates secured to the window frame, one of saidplatesbeing designated 4.4 and shown in detail in Fig. 10.

The holding device -17. embodies a bar as which is formed at each endwith a longitudinal bore or recess 49, expansion springs 50 beingmounted in said recesses and pressing outwardly upon stems 51 that areprovided at their outer ends with blocks 52 adapted to fit 1n the sashreceiving grooves of the window frame, whereby the holding device willadapt itself to Window frames.

of different widths. The bar 48 is formed with two longitudinallyextending grooves 6 and in these grooves wires 45 are connected attheirends by studs 46 or similar fasten. ingdevices. Each section or strip ofthe fly screen and shade proper (21 and 22) is loopedaround one end ofthe bar 48 and is formed at its inner side with a hem by sides of thewindow frame throughout their which it is adjustably mounted upon one ofthe wires or cords {15. It will thus be understood thatthe outer sideedges of the strips 21 and 22 maybe caused to-snugly fit the length andto be adjusted laterally, either in.-

Ward or outward, according as the roller is extended or contracted inlength. In order to. detachably connect the holding device to thewindow, I have shown in the present instance, a tab 7 which is formedw1th a slot by which it is adaptedto engage a stud 8 or the likesecuredto the bottom of the window, as best illustrated in Fig. 1.

It is to be understood that those parts of applicants device whicharedirectly secured frame and the strips or sections 21 and 22 extendedlaterally to the required extent, the tab '7 is secured to the stud 8,and thereafter, .i-nthe raising and lowering of the window, the flyscreen andshade 'will be automatically extended or withdrawn into thecasing 1. Thus the space between the lower edge of the, window and thewindow sill will at all times, be properly screened and protected fromingress of flies, m'osquitoes or other insects, while at the same time,when the window is lowered, the screen will beentirely out of the wayand V will not have to be removed as is the case with the ordinaryscreens heretofore employed. I

While the accompanyingdrawings illus trate what I believe to be thepreferred em- I bodiment of my invention, it is to be under stood thatthe invention is not limited thereto, but that various changes may bemade in v the construction, arrangement and pro portions of the partswithout departing from the scope of the invention as defined in thappended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim: l

1. A device of the character described, .including a'roller, a screenmounted thereon and constructed'in separate strips adapted to overlap attheir inner edges, a bar arranged for attachment to a window,- andlongitudinally extending -wires secured to said bar, the ends of thestrips at their inner edgesbeing. lapped upon said wires for the purposespecified.

2. A device of the class described, including a telescopic casingadapted to be -secured to a window frame, an extensible roller mountedin said casing, a shade and screen secured to said rollerand-constructed in separate strips, and means for'connecting one edge ofsaid screen to a window, said means embodying a bar, wires secured tosaid bar and extending longitudinally thereof, the strips being movablyconnected to said wires, and a device carried by said garfor detachableconnection to said win- 3. A. device of the character described,including a'roller, a screen mounted thereon and constructed in separatestrips adapted to overlap at their inner edges, a bar arranged forattachment to a window, and.

longitudinally extending wires secured to said bar, the ends of thestrips at their in-' ner edges being looped upon said wires and at theirouter edges encircling said bar.

4. A device of the character described, including a roller, a screenconstructed in separate strips secured to one end of said roller, a bararranged for attachment to a Window and formed with longitudinalgrooves, and wires connected to said bar and extending along thegrooves, the strips at oneend being looped at their outer edges over thebar and being looped at their inner edges over the wires,- as and forthe purposes set forth.

5. A device of the character described, including a roller, a laterallyextensible screen mounted thereon, and a bar to which one end of thescreen is connected, the bar being arranged for attachment to a windowand formed .at each end with a longitudinal opening, expansion springsmounted in said openings, and stems mounted in said openings andengaging said springs, the stems being provided at their outer *endswith blocks for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

ANTHONY P. SMITH. Witnesses V. C. SMITH,

WARNER Honrinmin.

